NCMA CCMA Certification study guide- Patient care Questions and Complete Solutions 100% CORRECT 2024!!
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NCMA CCMA Certification study guide- Patient care Questions and Complete Solutions 100% CORRECT 2024!!
Chief complaint CC - ANSWER The reason a patient called for help. Also, the patient's response to questions such as "What's wrong?" or "What happened?"
History of present illness HPI -...
NCMA CCMA Certification study
guide- Patient care Questions
and Complete Solutions 100%
CORRECT 2024!!
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Chief complaint CC - ANSWER The reason a patient called for help. Also, the
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patient's response to questions such as "What's wrong?" or "What happened?"
History of present illness HPI - ANSWER Explains the chief complaint. A
chronological description of the development of the patient's present illness from the
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first sign or symptom or from the previous encounter to the present.
Vital Signs - ANSWER Temperature, pulse, respiration, and Blood pressure are all
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___________ ___________.
Normal oral temperature - ANSWER 97.6F - 99.6F
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intermittent fever - ANSWER Fever that alternates between elevated and normal or
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subnormal body temperatures.
Remittent fever - ANSWER fever in which temperature fluctuates greatly but never
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falls to the normal level.
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Continuous fever - ANSWER A fever that remains constant above the baseline,
does not fluctuate.
60-100 BPM - ANSWER Normal pulse rate
Respirations - ANSWER Rate, rhythm, and depth are taken into account when
measuring what?
Systole - ANSWER contraction of the heart
, Diastole - ANSWER relaxation of the heart
Anthropometric measurements - ANSWER Measurement of height, (length rather
than height is used in infants because they cannot stand.), weight, BMI, head
circumference in infants, waist to hip, % of body fat.
Inspection - ANSWER General appearance, state of nutrition, body habits,
symmetry, pasture and gait, speech.
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palpation - ANSWER to examine by touch
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Percussion - ANSWER physical examination method of tapping over the body to
elicit vibrations and sounds to estimate the size, border, or fluid content of a cavity such
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as the chest.
Ausculation - ANSWER the act of listening to sounds arising within organs (as the
lungs or heart) as an aid to diagnosis and treatment.
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OSHA - ANSWER a government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a
safe and healthy work environment
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cardiopulmonary resuscitation - ANSWER an emergency procedure for life support
consisting of artificial respiration and manual external cardiac compression
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SHOCK - ANSWER This is caused by inadequate blood flow to the heart and in turn
to the rest of the body.
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Symptoms of shock - ANSWER Pale, cold, clammy skin
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rapid, weak pulse
increased shallow breathing
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expressionless face or staring eyes are all ____________ ___ _________.
First aid for Shock - ANSWER maintain open airway for the victim, call for
assistance, keep victim lying down w/ head lower than rest of body; attempt to control
bleeding or other cause of shock if known; keep victim warm until help arrives
Portal of exit - ANSWER Method in which a infectious agent leaves the reservoir.
Ex: contact with body fluids such as blood or saliva.
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